Third-hand
Oregon Bigfoot #1261
Secondhand report of a family taking in an injured creature
Date unknown
Powers, Coos County, Oregon
Account
A relative told the witness about a creature that injured its leg jumping from a moving log-loaded rail car. Men at the scene carried it to a barn where a family and others cared for it behind a tall fence until it healed. They then released it and kept the episode secret, said to have occurred near Powers, Oregon.
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Legs src
- injured a leg
- Gait src
- became ambulatory
Facts & provenance
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| Place |
Powers, Coos County, Oregon
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|---|---|
| Map point |
42.8850, -124.0762 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Powers city (GEOID 4159600), matched from nearest town 'Powers'
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| Account type |
Third-hand
Derived
Oregon Bigfoot report #1261
· Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
· read with 80% confidence
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
working around a logging train
Derived
Oregon Bigfoot report #1261
· Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
· read with 70% confidence
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| Witness's word for it |
an injured big foot
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Source timeline
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